SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkeia Software, a leading provider of fast, easy-to-use and affordable network backup solutions, today announced that it is participating in four upcoming VMware User Group (VMUG) Conferences throughout the United States and U.K. where it will demonstrate its Arkeia vmOneStep™ Virtual Appliances.

VMUG Conferences are free, full-day events with multiple tracks, a strong partner presence and up to 1,000 attendees per session. Each event offers users a great opportunity to learn from in-depth technical sessions, demonstrations and exhibits, network with peers and learn about virtual infrastructure from the experts. Topics discussed include virtualization trends, best practices and the latest technology.

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Arkeia is a silver sponsor of the events and will be attending the following sessions (all times 8 a.m-5 p.m. local):

Upstate New York VMUG User Conference (Dec. 5)Hyatt Regency Rochester125 East Main StreetRochester, New York 14604

Arkeia vmOneStep Virtual Appliance is the industry's most rapidly deployed backup solution for VMware environments. In just one step, it can protect a variety of environments, including multiple virtual machines on multiple VMware hypervisors. No other data protection solution is capable of protecting all the major virtual environments, provides truly global deduplication across multiple hypervisors, and supports direct backup to disk and tape. Additional information about how Arkeia protects VMware hypervisors, vCenter deployments, and individual virtual machines using Changed Block Tracking is available online at www.arkeia.com/vstorage.

"Our virtual appliances are a hit at the major conferences we attend and are deemed by many as a not-to-be-missed experience," said Bill Evans, Arkeia Software's CEO. "So we thought we'd take the show on the road, as it were, and bring the Arkeia vmOneStep Virtual Appliance to VMUGs throughout the U.S. and England so that those attending these local conferences will have a chance for themselves to see how we can help them protect a variety of environments, including multiple virtual machines on multiple VMware hypervisors. We look forward to seeing everyone at the shows."

With more than 75,000 individual members, VMUG is an independent, global, customer-led organization created to maximize members' use of VMware and partner solutions through knowledge sharing, training, collaboration and events. For full event details and/or to register for any of the upcoming VMUG Conferences, interested parties should visit http://www.vmug.com/p/cm/ld/fid=121

About Arkeia SoftwareArkeia delivers data backup and recovery solutions to protect more than 100,000 networks in 70 countries. The Arkeia Network Backup Suite is designed for mid-sized organizations that require fast, easy-to-use, and affordable data protection. The company's appliances, virtual appliances, and software back up critical data to disk, tape, and cloud storage. Arkeia protects all major virtual platforms including VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, and more than 200 physical platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, Netware, Solaris, AIX, BSD, and HP-UX. The company's patented source-side Progressive Deduplication™ technology helps users realize better performance at a lower cost by reducing data volumes. Arkeia's deduplication is crucial to accelerating replication of on-premise backups to private or public clouds. Products are sold through resellers and managed service providers worldwide. The company was founded in1996 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Arkeia and Arkeia Network Backup are trademarks or registered trademarks of Arkeia Software, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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